{"id":56830,"date":"2026-01-13T14:14:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/angola-rejected-tshisekedi-s-request-for-troops-after-the-fall-of-uvira-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:14:31","slug":"angola-rejected-tshisekedi-s-request-for-troops-after-the-fall-of-uvira-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/angola-rejected-tshisekedi-s-request-for-troops-after-the-fall-of-uvira-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Angola rejected Tshisekedi\u2019s request for troops after the fall of Uvira – reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeune Afrique, citing sources privy to the tensions that followed the capture of Uvira, reports that Kinshasa feared the conflict could spread to other provinces, including Kalemie in Tanganyika, and sought help to counter the rebel advance.<\/p>\n

However, Angola refused to send troops, reminding President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi that even when the Southern African Development Community (SADC) force was deployed in North Kivu, Angolan soldiers had not been involved. Instead, Luanda proposed political mediation. <\/p>\n

On December 14, Tshisekedi visited Angola to meet President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o, who also chairs the African Union (AU), to discuss dialogue options. Tshisekedi returned on January 5, 2026, agreeing with Louren\u00e7o that discussions should include a broad range of Congolese actors, from political opponents to armed groups such as AFC\/M23, with talks planned for Kinshasa.<\/p>\n

Following the meetings, Louren\u00e7o conducted discreet consultations with potential participants, including former President Joseph Kabila and his close associates Mo\u00efse Nyarugabo and Raymond Tshibanda. The aim was to prepare a new phase of dialogue, although both governments have avoided calling it a \u201cnew peace process.\u201d<\/p>\n

AFC\/M23 leader Corneille Nangaa, who had earlier communicated the withdrawal of M23 fighters from Uvira in a “confidence-building measure”, requested clarification on how these discussions would differ from the ongoing Doha talks. The rebels were invited to Luanda as part of preparations for the Kinshasa talks, but sought assurances that the initiative would not undermine previous agreements.<\/p>\n

Tshisekedi returned to Luanda on January 8 to finalise the list of participants, according to diplomatic sources.<\/p>\n

Angola is said to be engaging church leaders and opposition figures in the proposed Kinshasa talks, while carefully avoiding the term \u201cnew peace process.\u201d <\/p>\n

The behind-the-scenes efforts mark a subtle relaunch of Angola\u2019s role as a mediator in the DRC conflict after President Louren\u00e7o had announced he was stepping back from mediation following his election as African Union chair in March 2025.<\/p>\n

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) requested military assistance from Angola in mid-December 2025, following the capture of Uvira by AFC\/M23 rebels on December 10, it has emerged. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000100532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000100532,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/loure-2-00378.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/loure-2-00378.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/loure-2-00378.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/loure-2-00378.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/loure-2-00378.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/loure-2-00378.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000100532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56830"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56830"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}